THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHWEST GULF COAST HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 
300 AM CST THU JAN 10 2013

...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA...      

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS
EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF LOUISIANA...AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 AM CST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1013
MB...29.91 IN...WAS LOCATED IN NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS...MOVING SLOWLY
NORTHWARD.  SATELLITE IMAGES...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING FROM JUST OFF THE TEXAS COAST
NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD INTO MUCH OF LOUISIANA IN THE VICINITY OF A
FRONTAL SYSTEM.  TO THE NORTH OF THE LOW...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT
TO LOCALLY MODERATE RAIN WAS SPREADING NORTHWARD ACROSS OKLAHOMA
AND INTO NEBRASKA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CST TUE JAN
08 THROUGH 200 AM CST THU JAN 10...

...ARKANSAS...
MONTICELLO AIRPORT                    2.06                    

...LOUISIANA...
GONZALES 1.9 NE                       6.25                    
BATON ROUGE 4.3 S                     6.15                    
MONTICELLO 3.0 ENE                    6.07                    
PRAIRIEVILLE 1.8 NW                   5.91                    
INNISWOLD 2.8 S                       5.77                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
MCCOMB/LEWIS FIELD                    2.88                    

...TEXAS...
UTOPIA                                5.70                    
NURSERY 0.4 NNW                       5.61                    
LEXINGTON 9.4 W                       5.15                    
MCGREGOR                              4.90                    
WACO-MADISON COOPER                   4.70                    
JARRELL 0.3 S                         4.51                    
MOUNTAIN HOME                         4.50                    
AQUILLA 1.3 NNE                       4.32                    
SUN CITY                              4.10                    
VICTORIA 9.5 WSW                      4.10                    
WACO 6.8 NW                           4.07                    
LEMING 0.1 E                          4.00                    
CANYON LAKE DAM 9 W                   3.80                    
POTEET 5 W                            3.80                    
INGRAM 10 NW                          3.40                    
FORT WORTH 2.5 W                      3.31                    
GOLIAD 4 NW                           3.13                    
FREDERICKSBURG 4 W                    2.80                    
PORT ARTHUR                           2.73                    
GEORGETOWN 2 SSW                      2.60                    


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTH AND EAST
AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES EASTWARD INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY.  AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN
TEXAS...LOUISIANA... SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND MISSISSIPPI.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

KONG




Last Updated: 347 AM EST THU JAN 10 2013